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goes left

goes left is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go left.

Meaning of go left

Verb

go left (third-person singular simple present goes left, present participle going left, simple past went left, past participle gone left)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To take a turn for the worse, to go horribly wrong.
    • Two documentaries have been dedicated to exploring why the Fyre Festival went left, available on Hulu and Netflix — “Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened” and “Fyre Fraud.”2019 June 6, Ny Magee, “Ja Rule says despite colossal failure, he’d do a Fyre Festival”, in TheGrio
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, left.

Questions about goes left

What is goes left the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes left is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go left.

Words near goes left in the dictionary

  1. goes into detail
  2. goes into one's shell
  3. goes into the long grass
  4. goes it
  5. goes it alone
  6. goes left
  7. goes like a dream
  8. goes long
  9. goes mental
  10. goes missing
  11. goes moggy

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